Anton Barbashin digests the reaction of Russian experts to the recent G7 summit in Biarritz, taking stock of Macron’s talk of better ties with Russia as a thinly veiled means to forestall a rising China
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Ruslan Moldovanov on the LDPR leader’s recent meeting with foreign nationalists in Moscow in the context of Russian cooperation with far-right politicians in Europe
Areg Galstyan on Putin’s and Trump’s foreign policy views and prospects for Russian-American relations
Olga Irisova on the possible reconciliation of the West and Russia, the cessation of information confrontation and the attendant difficulties that scenario might bring
Scenario: The year is 2028. For a decade and a half, Russia has been in a state of frosty confrontation with the West. Putin’s departure in 2026 has left Russian elites pushing for a gradual rapprochement with the West. Full Scenario What will 2028 hold if today’s long-term trends continue? […]
Modern Hungarian-Russian relations can be neatly summed up by the phrase “in the right place, at the right time”
The Balkans remains a site of confrontation between Russia and the West — here’s why it will stay that way for the foreseeable future
The year is 2028. The multipolar world has arrived. The Western-led multilateral order has given way to different centers of power and influence, notably the United States, India, Brazil, a more autonomous European Union, and an ever-closer axis of autocracy between Russia and China
Why Russia won’t lay down its arms, even if it wants to
Terrestrial relations between Russia and the United States may well be in a downward spiral. But in space there is still cooperation. Why is that and will it last? In the autumn of 2017, the first reports appeared that Russia could take part in the NASA project to create a […]
But why has it not happened already?
Donald Trump’s words and actions show scant commitment to the ideas that bind the West. The American President is instead embracing a distinctly Russian lexicon and world view: That of an amoral, multipolar world defined by raw strength.